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'LADYS GARMENT Filed Aug. 30, 1940 INVENTOR 100/85 R SAVHH BY 3 @TTORNEY Patented Sept. 28, 1943 LADYS GARMENT I Louise R. Saveth,Bronx, YJYassigno-r to White Swan Uniforms, Inc.; New'Yorlr, Y a corporation of New York Application August so, 1940, series rid. 354,819 1 Claim. (ar a-193i "a .This invention relates to ladies garments.

More particularly it is directed to improvements in; uniform dresses such as nurses uniforms which are fitted to the wearer.

Aswillbe readily understood, it is sirable in garments of this character to allow for free movement of the body. It is a principal object of this invention to provide agarment of this character wherein such freedom of movement is allowed to a high degree, particularly as to the arms and shoulders of the wearer without, however, marring the smooth fit and neat appearance of the garment and by such simple and comparatively inexpensive construction that the advantages thereof may be availed of at no appreciable extra cost to the wearer.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of this invention: 7

Fig. 1 is a view showing a garment embodying my invention on a wearer, and illustrating particularly the appearance of the back of the garment when one arm is raised while the other is in normal position;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the garment with portions of the back cut away to show the interior construction;

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views taken along the lines 3-3 and 44, respectively, of Fig. 2.

In the drawing I have illustrated a fitted uniform dress IE1 embodying my invention comprising a front waist body portion I I having armhole sections I2 to which are stitched in the usual manner the front edges of the sleeves l3 and [3. The back portion [4 of the dress is provided with highly dey armhole sections l5, I5, the bottom ends I511 of which are disposed slightly below the bottom ends l2a of the front armhole sections l2.

In order to permit free movement of the sleeves l3, l3, the rear edges thereof are connected to the edges of the armhole sections I5, [5' by expansion members E substantially concealed beneath the back M of the garment. Each of these members E comprises an arcuate extension panel 16 stitched to its respective sleeve l3, l3 and a substantially similarly shaped anchor panel I! stitched to its respective armhole section l5, I5.

.Said panels l5 and line made preferably from a thin flexible-fabric similar to that employed in the body of thelgarment'itself and are joined to each other -by aline. of stitching l8 at their concealed; inner-z edges. .These edges, if desired,

may be bound by tape IS. The upper and lower edges of said panels are secured to the garment along the shoulder and side'seams 20 and 2|. If desired; a single folded panel may be employed in lieu of each pair of panels [6 and H. The deep articulated expansion members between the back It and sleeves l3, l3 allow free unconstrained swing of the shoulders and armssince. the extension panels may be readily pulled out to allow the sleeves to move outwardly away from the back l5.

In order that the extension panels I5 mayfbe restored to normal concealed position underneath the back l4 without bunching up outside of the armholes, I provide an elastic panel 22 firmly secured to the articulated portions only of the panels It and H by the lines of stitching l8. At

its upper edge the panel 22 is attached to the collar 23 by a line of stitching 24. The lower edge of said elastic panel is left unsecured.

It will be readily seen that since the elastic panel 22 is attached to the hinge portions only of the expansion members E, when the sleeves 13, E3 and extension panels l6 are moved outwardly the elastic panel is tensioned between the lines 1 of stitching [8. Thus, when the wearer resumes her normal or ordinary position the elastic panel 22 will retract said extension panels l6 into their normal substantially concealed position underneath the back l5, as shown in Fig. 2;

The anchor panel I! prevents the elastic, panel 22 from drawing the extension panels It or their respective sleeves [3 any further into the dress,

even if there be a residual tension in said elastic. panel due to imperfect fitting of the dress orthe thin hinge panels l6 and I1 and approximately equal to the combined thickness of these panels so that the material underlying. the back of the garment is of substantially uniform thickness to avoid bulging in the back.

It will be noted that the elastic panel 22 does not extend down the entire length of the expansion members E. Thus a narrow elastic panel, with consequent saving in material and avoidance of bulk in the back portion, serves to return the sleeves and extension panels to their normal position by reason of the firm stitching [8 of the elastic panel to the articulated upper portions only of the expansion members.

In fabricating the garment, the operator may employ the collar, shoulder and side seams 24, 20 and 2 I, as well as the usual stitching adjacent the rear armhole section I5, in securing the expansion members E and elastic panel 22. Thus .the only additional sewing operations required are stitching the panels I6 and IT and elastic fabric 23 together along the line l8 and stitching the panel I6 to the sleeve l3.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is weli adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might --loe made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A nurses uniform or the like fitted garment, comprising a front waist portion and a back portion, both having. armhole sections which remain in fixed positions on a wearer after the garment is donned, a pair of sleeves, each sleeve being attached to an armhole section of the front waist portion, a pair of expansion members underlying said back portion and connecting said sleeves to the armhole sections of said back portion, each of said expansion members comprising an extension panel secured to a sleeve and an anchor panel secured to a back armhole section and joined to said extension panel, and an elastic panel stitched to said expansion members only along the juncture between said extension and anchor-panels whereby said extension panels are held against movement inwardly of said garment by their attached anchor panels.

LOUISE R. SAVETH. 

